Mental Health List of Orders

Order	When to be used
Order Appointing Expert for Competency Evaluation & Notice of Hearing	Mental health / competency
Order Appointing Expert to Evaluate Defendant's Sanity at the Time of the Offense & Notice of Hearing	Mental health / sanity
Order Appointing Expert for Competency Evaluation & Sanity at the Time of Offense & Notice of Hearing	Mental health/ competency & sanity
Order Appointing Expert for Pre- Bond Screening	Pre- bond ( first appearance)
Order Appointing Experts for Competency Evaluation & Notice of Hearing (Intellectual Disability)	Intellectual Disability; *Agency for Persons with Disabilities must be appointed in addition to another expert
Order for Release, Transport, Assessment & Stabilization	When defendants meet Baker Act criteria & are ordered to a receiving facility for stabilization; defendants with felony charges must first be accepted for admission by the facility's administrator.
Order Placing Defendant on Mental Health Pretrial Release	Pretrial
Order Finding Defendant Incompetent & Commitment to Agency for Person with Disabilities Secure Placement	Mental retardation/ autism: secure (i.e. MRDP- mentally reatarded defendant program)
Order Finding Defendant Incompetent & Commitment to Agency for Person with Disabilities Non- Secure Placement	Mental retardation /autism: non - secure placement ( e.g. group home/ community)
Order Finding Defendant Competent to Proceed (mental illness)	When the court finds a defendant competent to proceed
Order Finding Defendant Competent to Proceed (mental retardation/ autism)	When the court finds a defendant competent to proceed
Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed & Commitment To the Department of Children & Families	Mental health/ ITP & the court commits a defendant to DCF for admission into a state forensic facility
Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed and Placing Defendant on Conditional Release	Mental health/ ITP & on a conditional release to community (felony)
Order Adjudging Defendant Incompetent to Proceed and Placing Defendant on Misdemeanor Conditional Release	Mental health/ ITP/ conditional release (MM)
Order Continuing Incompetence to Proceed and Commitment to Department Of Children & Families	Continued ITP & commitment to DCF
Order to Transport & Notice of Hearing	Transport ( mental health & mental retardation)
Order Finding Defendant Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Commitment to The Department of Children & Families	NGI after a trial & commitment to DCF for admission to a state forensic facility
Order Finding Defendant Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Placing Defendant on Conditional Release	NGI after a trial & defendant is placed conditional release to community; a conditional release order and plan must be submitted to Court. Conditional release plan request must be sent to the Court mental Health Coordinator
Order of Revocation of Conditional Release & Commitment to the Department of Children & Families	Violation of conditional release & defendant is committed to DCF
Order of Revocation/ Modification of Conditional Release	Violation of conditional release & defendant's conditions of release are modified
Order Terminating Jurisdiction	Nothing Specified
Order Dismissing Charges (Mental Illness)	5 year rule
Order Dismissing Charges (Mental Retardation)	2 year rule

Updated 01/30/2012